The Brookhaven leader., 1887-10-27

EEouuCtS.
The products of the county are cot
ton, corn, potatoes sweet and Irish
rico, oats, milet grasses, sorghum,
sugar cane, tobacco. jute. indigo. and
almost the entire catalogue of garden
vegetables, and all kin IS of fruits and
numerous varieties Of the grape. To-
bacco, jute and indigo are cultivated.
but to limited extent. and yet sufli-
oien ly to demonstrate that their culture
would be profitable. Lincoln county,
through the enterprise of one of its
most intelligent farmers. MIR. c. Men
e.''s. has the honor OF being the pioneer
county of the State, if not of the
Union. in juta culture. This gen
tleman has also demon. tratcd khat
the tea plant an wn.to mulberry can
be successfully grown here An inspoc-
ton Of his vineyards and those of Mr..
T. Parsons. at Montgomery Station,
would satisfy the most skcptical that
this is a grape growing section. Straw
Gerrics can nowhere be- ra :scd more sue
c,'ssfull while bla KID rrics-a SPLEEN
did fruIt-grow wild in abundance.
Our home raised tonacco is most OK
cel!ent. and 1t Astonishing that its
culture Is not more General. While
Lincoln is not reckoned us one of the
principal cotton producing counties in
this section Of the statc, yet the reason
ia that her farmers lave learned that
they can and do promote their indie
pendence by devoting larger share of
their attention to diversity of crops.
Various grasses grow to perfection
here, Including the celebrated Lespe-
deza, or Japan clover. which grows
spontaneously. producing from two to
four tons per acre; also white and red
clover. As stock-raising and dairy
country it has no superior in the world,
and many of our people are turning
their attention in this direction.
Timber.
The territory OF Lincoln county orig
inaily was heavily timbered IN al; of its
parts. Nearly four-ffhS of the land is
yet SO. The lum err industry of the
county is probably its mo t important
interest. there being no less than %
large saw mills and one large lumber
manufactur ny COM any now in opera
ton, employing on an average 20 hands
each, and turning out millions of feet
of the finest long-leaf yellow pine lum-
Der annually. The timber of the
county includes not less than fifty va
rieties, the Pine. oak, hickory and gum
predominating. The following varie-
ties of the finest quality are abundant
Pine, long aud short leaf; white, red,
black. Spanish, AMI water oaks, early,
late and curly hick ny, pecan, maple.
elm, ash, beach. red, black and tupul
gum, persimmon. no ". magnolia, bay,
cherry. sycamore, poplar, willow, iron
wood, etc.
The Inhahi' ANTS.
The people Of the county are largely
native, descendants ngreat part from
an ancestry who emigrated here from
the Carolinas and Georgia According
to the census of 1880 Me foreign born
population only numbered 14O as
against Is. 407 natives. of whom four
were Indians The inhabitants are
nearly all an agricultural people. and
they are honest. industrious and hos
table They temperate and
moral, and a large proportion are
church-gong. TIE Baptist denomina-
ton of Christians predominates, but
the Methodists are numerous and pros
porous, besides goolly sprinkling OF
other religious sets. No better evil
dence of the sobrirIy and good morals
of tho people could be given than that
they have voted the liquor traffic out of
their territory. They are law-abiding
and tolerant, and hearty welcome
will be and is extended to immigrants.
SCHOOLS.
Fairly good pubic schools are main
tanned in the county, and these are i'm
proving in grade. At Brookhaven
Whitworth Female &C. leoe is located,
an institution ranking in size the fourth
in the United States. and in the thor
oughness and ellic;cucv of its training
by none.
1t only remains for us to add that
The Hca h Of The County
Is most excellent. The character of
the soil. its altitude, its proximity to
the Gulf of Mexico, from which during
the whole summer it enjoys delight
full breeze. renders the climate the
most salnbr Gus, and is a guarantee
against all malar diseases. In the
winter, owing to our southern latitude.
the mercury will MT find its way to
zero once in ten years. the average
Temperature during the winter months
being. we believe. S degrees.
Upon tho whole. Lincoln county
offers to those seeking an independent
home, health and happiness, as many
advantages rs any section to be found.
Lands are cheap and easily obtained
in large or small tracts. the best rang
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